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Table 1 Descriptive results at patient level for all patients in the sample (n = 6339)

From: Use of social service counseling by cancer patients: an analysis of quality assurance data of 6339 breast cancer patients from 13 certified centers in Germany treated between 2015 and 2017

Variable

Response option

n (%)

total

n (%)

with SSC

n (%)

without SSC

Patient characteristics

 Sex

Female

6292 (99.3)

5062 (99.4)

1230 (98.6)

Male

47 (0.7)

30 (0.6)

17 (1.4)

 Age

Younger than 35 years

87 (1.4)

74 (1.5)

13 (1.0)

35–44 years

403 (6.4)

332 (6.5)

71 (5.7)

45–54 years

1330 (21.0)

1102 (21.6)

228 (18.3)

55–64 years

1477 (23.3)

1201 (23.6)

276 (22.1)

65–74 years

1434 (22.6)

1183 (23.2)

251 (20.1)

75–84 years

1292 (20.4)

1006 (19.8)

286 (22.9)

Older than 84 years

316 (5.0)

194 (3.8)

122 (9.8)

 Prior cancer diagnosis

Yes

170 (2.7)

118 (2.3)

52 (4.2)

No

6169 (97.3)

4974 (97.7)

1195 (95.8)

 T-staging

TIS/DCIS

581 (9.2)

411 (8.1)

170 (13.6)

Invasive breast cancer

5736 (90.5)

4668 (91.7)

1068 (85.7)

TX

22 (0.4)

13 (0.3)

9 (0.7)

 N-staging

N0

3841 (60.6)

3140 (61.7)

701 (56.2)

> N0

2071 (32.7)

1650 (32.4)

421 (33.8)

NX

427 (6.7)

302 (5.9)

125 (10.0)

 M-staging

M0

5950 (93.9)

4854 (95.3)

1096 (87.9)

M1

389 (6.1)

238 (4.7)

151 (12.1)

 Both breasts affected (metachronous and synchronous)

No

6046 (95.4)

4857 (95.4)

1190 (95.4)

Yes

292 (4.6)

235 (4.6)

57 (4.6)

 Therapy type

Surgery with recommendation for chemotherapy

2145 (33.8)

1853 (36.4)

292 (23.4)

Surgery without recommendation for chemotherapy

3779 (59.6)

3097 (60.8)

682 (54.7)

No surgery

415 (6.6)

142 (2.8)

273 (21.9)

 Date of diagnosis

2015

2105 (33.2)

1686 (33.1)

419 (33.6)

2016

2153 (34.0)

1611 (31.6)

542 (43.5)

2017

2081 (32.8)

1795 (35.2)

286 (22.9)

Center characteristics

 Municipality

<  20,000 population

411 (6.5)

347 (6.8)

64 (5.1)

20,000–100,000 population

4153 (65.5)

3208 (63.0)

945 (75.8)

>  100,000 population

1775 (28.0)

1537 (30.2)

238 (19.1)

 Teaching status

None

567 (8.9)

365 (7.2)

202 (16.2)

Academic

5003 (78.9)

4083 (80.2)

920 (73.8)

University

769 (12.1)

644 (12.7)

125 (10.0)

 Ownership

Not-for-profit

6063 (95.6)

4859 (95.4)

1204 (96.6)

Private

276 (4.4)

233 (4.6)

43 (3.4)

 Number of primary cases

Continuous

6339 (100)

Center Mean (SD): 142.5 (9.7)

 

 Years since first certfiication

Continuous

6339 (100)

Center Mean (SD): 11.1 (5.9)

 
  1. Note: TIS tumor in situ, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, SD standard deviation